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Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: William Hazlitt - Philosopher

The Essay: William Hazlitt - Philosopher: Episode 2: William Hazlitt Senior

William Hazlitt - Philosopher

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Episode 2: William Hazlitt Senior

William Hazlitt Senior

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A talk about how Hazlitt's intellectual career can be seen as a dialogue with his father.

Jonathan Ree argues that Hazlitt's whole intellectual career can be seen as a dialogue with his father - a politically radical Unitarian minister.

Series of talks arguing that William Hazlitt was a committed philosopher as well as a great essayist. Jonathan Ree argues that Hazlitt's whole intellectual career can be seen as a dialogue with his father - a politically radical Unitarian minister. Hazlitt came to question his father's beliefs as he became disillusioned with the French Revolution.

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Series of talks by philosopher and historian Jonathan Ree arguing that William Hazlitt was a committed philosopher as well as a great essayist

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